Ten days later, Conservatory of Music of San Lenia, Office of the Permanent Conductor.
"The cost of renovation and expansion construction and building materials is 10,000 pounds in advance, and it is very likely that more will be needed in the future..."
"Piano, the most popular musical instrument must be the 'Boethius'. The price of the limited edition of 100 pieces per year starts from 10,000 pounds and upwards, which is a bit scary. Moreover, customization is based on personal preference, but it may not satisfy different pianos.
For the universal needs of the family, it is very likely that it will be thankless, so it is better to choose the ordinary Dajiuchi first. Well... this is already a first-class feel and enjoyment. A 3000-pound instrument, considering the potential demand for double piano repertoire,
Just buy two, the total is not as expensive as the customized model..."
Fan Ning sat at his desk, looking at a large pile of exquisite advertising foldouts, and wrote and scratched on the paper with great interest.
"For the harp, choose the golden harp from Versa Company of the Holy Kingdom of Janus in the Western Continent. The school's domestic harp from Theoline always feels that the tone is not moist enough. Well, this thing is not cheaper than a piano..." Golden Apollonia
'It's a popular model for concert pianos. It's loud enough, has beautiful timbre, and can stand up to the sound of a large symphony orchestra. It weighs 2,800 pounds... and a high-cost-effective 'Diva' model for large concerts is available for 1,100 pounds.
Pound... I guess many of the songs I will perform in the future will be arranged for two harps..."
"The timpani is purchased according to the 'Holdanius' brand in school. The stability has been good in recent years. The fine-tuning system is scientific and friendly. Even I can get started...32 size, four sets in a set, eh
?Order this model before the end of July and you will receive two additional sets of spare drum heads, a free detachable stand device and a tuning pointer... 1600 for two sets..."
"The most common percussion instruments must be paired with triangles, snare drums, big cymbals, cymbals, xylophones, celestas... There are too many brands and styles, let Lu refer to them later..."
"How should operating expenses be planned? There are also salary packages for staff and musicians..."
The little girl sitting opposite suddenly coughed twice.
"Sheeran, what's wrong?" Fan Ning raised his head and asked.
"Caron, please calculate first how much money you have already spent on your current purchased items with a price tag..."
"10,000 pounds for construction, 6,000 pounds for two pianos, 3,900 pounds for two harps, 1,600 pounds for two sets of timpani..." Fan Ning suddenly froze on the spot.
"That's 21,500? With the cash on hand plus Lu's investment, according to this method, there is only more than a thousand pounds left?"
"I once thought that the extraordinary expenses of knowledgeable people were the most expensive things in the world... Did I have any misunderstandings?"
He has not yet calculated fixed monthly expenses such as daily office supplies, music stands, chairs, gas bills, water bills and electricity bills.
Sheeran said: "Caron, when you chatted with me last year, you didn't seem to have mentioned that you wanted to purchase such a top-grade musical instrument."
"This is really not top-notch, this is first-class at best, a normal concert standard." Fan Ning shook his head helplessly, "I can only say that it is considered high-end among privately planned urban art spaces... Mainly because the construction specifications have been raised, this
Go up there, and nothing else can be too much."
He reluctantly crossed out the other two pianos in his purchase plan, and then crossed out the more expensive harp, choosing mid-range for both.
This leaves five to six thousand pounds, which will be used to cover the rest of the percussion instruments and miscellaneous purchases, and the remaining funds will be used to pay the musicians' salaries.
By the way, there’s the issue of musicians’ treatment.
In Tioline, there are clear industry bottom-line standards for salary levels for full-time artists employed by colleges, universities, churches, and professional symphony orchestras. This standard has even been included in the recommendations of the Central Parliament’s Culture and Media Committee——
The weekly salary is no less than 25 pounds!
Because an annual income of 300 pounds is currently recognized as the middle class threshold in the empire.
Take professional symphony orchestras as an example. The performers they hire are all qualified to meet the requirements of serious concerts with a commercial nature... they come from a musical family, have amazing talents, and are from a public school. They have at least one of the above elements.
.
Professional musicians should not fall below the bottom line of the middle class in any case. This is everyone’s attitude towards art, and the situation is similar in other countries. In fact, the weekly salary of musicians is usually 8-10 pounds, and top orchestras and vocal principals
Or if there are other factors added, the salary will be higher.
The price of musical instruments, performance ticket prices, gallery ticket prices, painting sales prices, artist hiring fees... Fan Ning has long discovered that compared to the ratio between the prices of other daily necessities and the prices of previous lives, expenditures in the art field in this world are more expensive.
However, this is also true from the perspective of consumers. The price accepted by appreciators for art consumption is also higher than in previous generations.
"...Based on the 80 people in the third control, if I hire with average salary, it will cost more than 3,000 pounds per month, plus ordinary staff salary or operation and publicity expenses..."
If I really want to operate at full capacity, my annual salary will only be enough to last one month, and my current fund balance will only last one month.
Fan Ning sighed: "Sheeran, why am I so poor? Where do you think I should go to get money next, so that it can last a long time?"
After first discovering that the key to the art museum could collect radiant spiritual liquid, he thought he had obtained a tool to make money, but this was not the case. Extraordinary control in this world was quite strict. Although there was a black market and official organizations also had certain acquisition capabilities,
But there is simply no channel that can digest it in large quantities for a long time.
The few 100% pure spiritual liquids he sold in the past six months were not as good as his income from the publication of inscriptions, manuscripts, and music scores.
"This...I don't know." The girl shook her head blankly, "I can help you do some things, so that you can hire one less person. If you really have a gap, I can also help you fill part of it with your family savings..."
"That's not necessary. I should pay you the same salary in the future. How can I ask your little girl's money to fill in this kind of risky investment project... Well, there was some complaining and ridicule in it just now, I will do it myself
Find a way,"
"It doesn't matter... But speaking of which, when you invited those painters to hold an exhibition at the art museum before, you did not choose to charge rent, but paid for it with paintings. Did you value any potential value? I know you have a good sense..."
"I hope that the group of people in the Losers Salon can produce a few impression masters as soon as possible...hint flow masters, so that I can have all the top-level instruments, full salary, and gather all the outstanding musicians and soloists in the world.
Come here, play high-level repertoire, record historically influential records, and have sold-out concerts... Forget it, stop dreaming now, there are still a few months to go, first think about how to raise more start-up funds.
Let’s organize art exhibitions and concerts at the end of the year, and at least guarantee the musicians’ salary expenses for three months…”
Fan Ning stood up: "Let's go, Xilan, let's go to the rehearsal hall. We have been tossing them for ten days in a row. I have arranged for two days off tomorrow and the next two days, so today's work tasks are quite heavy... After today's work, let them do it on the weekend.
After digesting it yourself, we can also spare time to look for the so-called non-existent 'Vaznai Town'."
He opened the door and stared at Huxley, who was just about to knock on the door.
The vice-principal seemed to be recovering well and was not polite. He asked directly: "Caron, what is the pricing situation of your concert? I think the favorable factors you mentioned are reasonable, but the 18-pound respect
Is the customer price too exaggerated?
His tone was a little worried: "How about we change it to 12 pounds, and multiply each price by 2 instead of 3 based on the original plan, at least keeping the same price as the Royal Academy of Music, because for consumers, this is still
There is a subtle competitive relationship and comparison mentality..."
During the entire summer arts festival, each school's concerts are scheduled separately day by day. In theory, there is no time conflict. Audiences who want to attend the Royal Academy of Music concerts can still buy tickets for the St. Lenia concert.
But there are probably very few music fans who listen to music for ten consecutive days. Naturally, they still need to weigh and compare and choose the few shows they like the most.
"Where is Professor Commons?" Fan Ning asked.
"I'll wait for you in the rehearsal hall." Huxley said, "He called a few professors and prepared to hear the results of your ten days of rehearsals... Carolyn, we are about to submit the ticketing plan to Santa Claus.
Ramburg, I advise you to make adjustments quickly, otherwise, the University of St. Lenia sells ticket prices that are more expensive than the Royal Conservatory of Music. I feel that this will immediately make the headlines of several mainstream music media...
"
"Really? Wouldn't that be just right..." Fan Ning smiled easily and took Xilan to the rehearsal hall.
"What do you mean, it's just right? It's just the right time for us to come here today?" Huxley's eyes widened and he strode behind, "You don't mean to say that it's just right for this kind of thing to make headlines, right?"
"Everything is just right..." Fan Ning did not look back. When he pushed open the half-open side door of the rehearsal hall, he once again met Professor Commons and stared blankly.
"Professor Fan Ning, what are you going to do!?" Commons's eyes behind his thick-soled lenses were wider than Huxley's, and his face was crowded together. "What the hell, where did these people come from?
?Why does Roy know them? You couldn't have called this, right?"
In the rehearsal hall, Roy was directing about a dozen people who were obviously not students and were busy. Some people were unloading various complex equipment from carts. Some were responsible for assembling it, while others were lying on the ground and wiring.
There was a guy carrying a trumpet and walking around, trying to play it in different positions, with pickup electrode microphones set up in several positions.
Some of the students who have arrived are looking curiously, and some are scratching their heads in confusion. Only Belinda, the new full-time music clerk, is concentrating on distributing music scores on various music stands.
"Caron? Are you... going to record a record?" Huxley felt that he understood, but also felt that he still didn't understand. "Aren't we going to have a concert? Why are you recording a record? And the quality of the orchestra,
Including the current rehearsal progress, it shouldn’t be at a level where you can release a record, right?”
"To be precise, it's a 'trailer'." Fan Ning smiled slightly, but he felt that the professors might not understand the word, so he further explained, "Only for my new work that is about to premiere, I only recorded a short paragraph.
At that time, I will let several broadcast companies use this as a musical background to broadcast advertisements a few days before the ticket opening day..."
Sheeran asked: "Did you hire people from the Hoffman Record Publishing Company? The company that owns one of the three most authoritative music media in the imperial capital, "Hoffmann Gramophone"?... Speaking of which, my father was publishing "D Big" when he was young.
We have considered them for the recording of the "Violin Concerto", but due to various reasons, the cooperation has not been achieved."
As the top representative of the Tioline recording industry, Hoffman Record Publishing Company has relatively expensive prices and high commissions, and there are certain thresholds for publisher selection. They generally do not accept cooperation intentions from newcomers who have not received any previous response as a reference.
"Well... I have to thank Miss Roy for helping me connect." Fan Ning said, "I showed them a fragment of the score, and since it was only a recording of the fragment, not for publication and sales, they agreed to this request which did not violate their principles.
, shorter duration and recording cycle, and the money spent is not as much as expected..."
As for the recording on the day of the performance, although Fanning Toroy had previously said hello, they said they still had to see the response first, but Fanning also had alternative record companies.
...recording trailer-type clips for radio advertisements? Several professors thought this idea was unheard of.
To be continued...